Durham County

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race
. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map
.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

3,682

1.65%

91.73%

Three Races

292

0.13%

7.27%

Four Races

25

0.01%

0.62%

Five Races

14

0.01%

0.35%

Six Races

1

0.00%

0.02%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and Some Other Race

992

0.44%

24.71%

2.

White and Black

584

0.26%

14.55%

3.

White and Asian

513

0.23%

12.78%

4.

White and American Indian

387

0.17%

9.64%

5.

Black and American Indian

365

0.16%

9.09%

6.

Black and Some Other Race

342

0.15%

8.52%

7.

Asian and Some Other Race

172

0.08%

4.29%

8.

White and Black and American Indian

137

0.06%

3.41%

9.

Black and Asian

117

0.05%

2.91%

10.

American Indian and Some Other Race

86

0.04%

2.14%

11.

Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

44

0.02%

1.10%

12.

White and Black and Some Other Race

29

0.01%

0.72%

13.

White and Black and Asian

25

0.01%

0.62%

14.

American Indian and Asian

24

0.01%

0.60%

15.

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

20

0.01%

0.50%

16.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

18

0.01%

0.45%

17.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

18

0.01%

0.45%

18.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

16

0.01%

0.40%

19.

White and Asian and Some Other Race

15

0.01%

0.37%

20.

Black and American Indian and Asian

13

0.01%

0.32%

21.

White and American Indian and Asian

11

0.00%

0.27%

22.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian

11

0.00%

0.27%

23.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

11

0.00%

0.27%

24.

White and American Indian and Some Other Race

9

0.00%

0.22%

25.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

6

0.00%

0.15%

26.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

6

0.00%

0.15%

27.

Black and Asian and Some Other Race

6

0.00%

0.15%

28.

Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

6

0.00%

0.15%

29.

Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

4

0.00%

0.10%

30.

White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

4

0.00%

0.10%

31.

White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

3

0.00%

0.07%

32.

White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

3

0.00%

0.07%

33.

American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2

0.00%

0.05%

34.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.05%

35.

American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.05%

36.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.05%

37.

American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.05%

38.

White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.02%

39.

Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.02%

40.

American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.02%

41.

White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.02%

42.

White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.02%

43.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.02%

44.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race